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Market Wrap - Morning

AAP  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
... part of the party because the data suggests the RBA (Reserve Bank of Australia) is going to be less inclined to raise interest rates this year." Ms Lien said the release of GDP figures on Wednesday could put more downward pressure on the Australian dollar. ...

Charter Hall battling hedge funds over office REIT

MATT WOODINGTON  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... led by Orange Capital, wrote to the Australian Stock Exchange complaining that Charter Hall was not acting in the best interest of unitholders by slowing the sale of the US portfolio and blocking the Australian sale. "What you've got is a difference ...

Aussie downgrades likely as S&P reviews rating system

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... excessive credit growth, asset price bubbles and the system-wide funding profile of a country's banking industry. Fixed interest professionals expect that when the new methods are implemented in the fourth quarter, S&P will follow Moody's Investors Services ...

GDP down no reason to frown

BENJAMIN ONG  |  TUESDAY, 31 MAY 2011
... profits." It cited sluggish new home sales and that "Housing Industry of Australia figures suggested expectations of more interest rate rises were damaging the confidence of buyers and builders." It quoted Craig James, CommSec's chief economist, expecting ...

UniSuper keen to boost after-tax returns

MATT WOODINGTON  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
UniSuper is looking to increase member returns by appointing GBST to provide after-tax benchmarking solutions to assess fund manager performance. The $28 billion fund said that the Cooper review had made the case for super funds to implement after-tax ...

Provident Capital offers new fixed-rate units

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... largely in a portfolio of first registered Australian mortgages. The higher returns are a result of the loans being higher-interest business loans secured by a mortgage rather than ordinary mortgages. The business loans can be issued at up to 13 per ...

NZ bank credit ratings cut, outlook stable

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 30 MAY 2011
... about the soundness of the bank's housing portfolio thanks to the buffer created by the predominance of principal and interest mortgages.

Bentham wins $350 million mandate

ALISON BEVEGE  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... to December 2010 with 157 outstanding. Of those mandates, 82 were in alternative investments, one in cash, 13 in fixed interest, four in Australian fixed interest, 29 in property, 14 in international equities, 11 in Australian equities and two were unspecified. ...

Tower, Praemium tackle new frontier

ELISE BURGESS  |  FRIDAY, 27 MAY 2011
... able to act quickly as they are independent, with several of Praemium's major planning groups already expressing keen interest. "Planner response has been very positive, we are very confident there will be a lot of interest from our clients and from ...

Merged planning groups plot Snowball effect

MATT WOODINGTON  |  THURSDAY, 26 MAY 2011
Snowball Group and Shadforth Financial Group are driving the consolidation agenda with their merger which came about largely thanks to the matchmaking skills of financial planning industry stalwart John Godfrey. The two non-aligned financial advice ...